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Re:Linguistic purism in English by Angostura on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @04:16AM (#11712001)
> The want of linguistic purity is superfluous,

A "want of" something means a 'lack of' - "The kingdom was lost for want of a nail"

You probably want "the want for"

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Re:Linguistic purism in English by tomc1985 on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @11:30AM (#11714449)
I had always heard that as "for want of," but whatever, it's too late to edit
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